Apartment Fire With Reported Subject Trapped

By Public Information Officer Douglas Medley
February 22, 2014
While working around the station cleaning up after a working fire in Hollywood (Co7) the tones dropped for a commercial building fire at 21263 Joe Baker Court Apt. 2a for a reported furnace fire with subject trapped. Well let me tell you had better move fast when a call like this comes in or you will be waving good-by as the equipment pulls out of the station. Engine 31 marked up right away followed by everything else soon after. While responding Safety 3 (W. Johnson) arrived on the scene before any apparatus and gave a size up. Engine 31 took the plug right in front of the apartment building and pulled a line to the building. Safety Officer Johnson and Firefighter T. Blazer who live very close by assisted the elderly lady from her residence which had filled with smoke from a malfunctioning furnace. With the fire out on arrival units used the fans to remove the smoke from the apartment. Emergency Medical Personnel from the Lexington Park Rescue Squad assisted the home owner to ensure that she was o.k. Fire Chief Robert Wahrenbrock held the command. Just another day around the station. You never know what might come up next so you have to be prepared for anything.
Units:	Engine 31,Truck 3, Engine 91, Tower 9 along with numerous command units.

Mutual Aid:	Engine 132, Engine 63

Engine 31, Engine 63 and the Fire Chief in front of the apartment.

Deputy Chief 3 (Fuhrman) after checking out smoke conditions in the apartment.

Firefighters gather at the front of the apartment.

Line of arrival for responding units.

Engine 63 got in as second due engine due to fact they were coming back from earlier fill in at station 7 (Hollywood)

Safety 3A (Johnson) who removed the elderly lady from the apartment along with firefighter T. Blazer talks it over with Chief 3A Joe Gould.

Got to load the hose back on the unit. Many hands make light work.

These are the big fans that we use to remove smoke from a residence. Do a great job.

Female subject tripped over the curb and she was surrounded by firefighters before she hit the ground.

Just a shot of the guys talking the talk like all firefighters do on the fireground.

Fire Chef Wahrenbrock gets a report from Safety Johnson and Firefighter Blazer while Deputy Chief 9 Warren waits his turn to report on operations.